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Order Chaos Prints • 13 artworks
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Pared down to its most basic form and executed in the purest constituents, this diptych epitomises the [...]
Pared down to its most basic form and executed in the purest constituents, this diptych epitomises the very spirit at the heart of the collection... duality and dichotomy
The work examines the differentiation of head and heart and their mutual incompatibility. The screen printed anatomical drawings are applied in matt powder blue upon a mirror finished metallic gold ground. These deceptively simple images are embellished with the words Order and Chaos, executed in micro spherical glass beads. The text is at once virtually invisible, yet at certain angles and in certain lights luminously radiant. It is this simple yet challenging juxtaposition that promotes the examination of the implied belief and creates a framework for further analysis.
Order Chaos, the concept behind the series of screen prints comes from the dualistic nature of the Dangerous Minds practice. Playing on the chaotic and emotional nature of the heart contrasted and balance by the ordered and analytical brain. These print are a stripped down and meditative interpretation of order and chaos, emotion and thought.
The work examines the differentiation of head and heart and their mutual incompatibility. The screen printed anatomical drawings are applied in matt powder blue upon a mirror finished metallic gold ground. These deceptively simple images are embellished with the words Order and Chaos, executed in micro spherical glass beads. The text is at once virtually invisible, yet at certain angles and in certain lights luminously radiant. It is this simple yet challenging juxtaposition that promotes the examination of the implied belief and creates a framework for further analysis.
Order Chaos, the concept behind the series of screen prints comes from the dualistic nature of the Dangerous Minds practice. Playing on the chaotic and emotional nature of the heart contrasted and balance by the ordered and analytical brain. These print are a stripped down and meditative interpretation of order and chaos, emotion and thought.
Linear Musing • 4 artworks
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Linear Musings. the name refers to the line of cryptic text, at the bottom of each work. The titles [...]
Linear Musings... the name refers to the line of cryptic text, at the bottom of each work.
The titles are derrived from a series of poems entitled 'Little Usherette' by Michael Scott, both cerebral and surreal.
The works play on a subconcious nostalgic recognition of the stylised Metallic Damask wall paper motif with the base panels are overlayed with multiple layers of Translucent Lacquers, Resins, Irridescent Powders and Heavy Impasto to the upper sections along with the line of Nickel studs represents the division of the Abstract above and the Emphatic below.
The Baby Blue band at the bottom of the works pays reference to New Birth, whilst simultaneously the Cryptic Text is applied in aluminium funeral wreath lettering, alluding to mortality and the circle of life.
The codified Neon Symbols pay direct reference to the Supporting Text, providing an Ambiguity within their apparant graphic incompletion. An empathetic engagement can take place as the final missing lines are allowed to formulate in the mind of the viewer.
The titles are derrived from a series of poems entitled 'Little Usherette' by Michael Scott, both cerebral and surreal.
The works play on a subconcious nostalgic recognition of the stylised Metallic Damask wall paper motif with the base panels are overlayed with multiple layers of Translucent Lacquers, Resins, Irridescent Powders and Heavy Impasto to the upper sections along with the line of Nickel studs represents the division of the Abstract above and the Emphatic below.
The Baby Blue band at the bottom of the works pays reference to New Birth, whilst simultaneously the Cryptic Text is applied in aluminium funeral wreath lettering, alluding to mortality and the circle of life.
The codified Neon Symbols pay direct reference to the Supporting Text, providing an Ambiguity within their apparant graphic incompletion. An empathetic engagement can take place as the final missing lines are allowed to formulate in the mind of the viewer.
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Dangerous Minds Artists is a studio founded by Michael Lake-McMillan and Alan Stuart in 2015. The artist's distinctive contemporary pop art works constantly refers to and returns to the touchstones of light, beauty in decay, abandonment and antiquated typography.
Dangerous Minds practice is driven by duality. The pairs’ intuitive subliminal dialogue centers on point and counterpoint and the production of works that are, fundamentally, aesthetically appealing and which, on further inspection, inspire curiosity and cause a ripple of intellectual stimulation. Subject matter is considered in depth, deconstructed then reformulated with an essential duality at its core. Often incorporating ambiguous or cryptic text elements relating to a parallel narrative.
Key to their oeuvre is the juxtaposition of the immediately apparent and that which only becomes visible through physical change – either in the position of the viewer or in the lighting of the work, whether specifically engineered or occurring naturally with the transition of day into night.
Michael Lake-McMillan and Alan Stuart live and work in London, United Kingdom.
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- Date of birth : 1967
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- Groups: Contemporary British Artists
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Added Apr 11, 2017
As We Step into Chaos
THE UNDERDOG GALLERY Arch 6 Crucifix Lane London Bridge SE1 3JW
Saturday
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2017
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2017
For just over two weeks, you will be able to see new and diverse spectrum of work from artists that push boundaries of contemporary art while being aesthetically beautiful.
An installation of both wall mounted pieces and sculptural works, will reveal how subliminal unrest with its perverse and corrosive influence has become an ever present part of our daily lives. Pieces such as 'The lovers', 'War Horse', 'Kaiser chief', 'Veiled Threat'... all have at their core, some form of dystopian angst, which subtly percolates from within, to lie just beneath the shiny skin... like Snow White's 'poisoned apple'. For all the works superficial beauty, there is an ever present implication of a darkness lurking just beneath the glossy surface... an allegory of the times in which we live.... As the great Spike Milligan once said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... Get it out with Optrex”.
Be prepared to dip your toes into a complex narrative, that pulls diametrically opposed notions into vibrant, thought provoking work.
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Lovely work ,i like !!!